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Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole

LAWS of North-Carolina. 405
who {hail fail or negleft to obtain, exhibit, and deliver fuch ftated and figned Ac- '^- ^- »768.
count, or to have the fanae put upon the Records or Minutes of the Court, at the
*—"V*—
^
refpeitive Times, and according to the Diredion by this A61 prefcribed, fliall for-feit
all fuch Commiffions as he or they fhould by the Laws of this Province be in-tided
to, as Collector of Public Taxes, from the laft Settlement of Account between
the Public Treafurers and them refpeCtively, and after fuch Failure or Negleft, ic
IhiU not be lawful for the Public Trealurers to allow of fuch Commiffions.
XXXIV. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That from ^'"'',',
'"J,^^""!"*
and after the pafling of this Aft, the Ckrk of each and every Inferior Court of this vemor futh ac
Province (hall, within Forty Days next after recording the feveral ftated Accounts '°"""'
between the Treafurers and the SherilFs, and other Colledors of tlie Public Taxes
by this Ad direded, tranfmit to the Governor, or Comm.,nder in Chief lor the
Time being, an atcefted Copy of all fuch ftated and figned Accounts, under the
Penalty of Five Pounds, Proclamation Money, to be applied for the Purpofes by
this Ad direded, and recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information,
in any Court of Record, brought in the Name of the Governor for the Time being-,
wherein no Elfoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, fliall be allowed or admitted.
Ni') Member of
AfT^mb'y to att
as Sher iff.
XXXV. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid^ That from
and after the paffing of this Act, no Perfon duly elected and chofen a Reprelentative
for any Counry or Town within this Province, to fit and vote in the General Af-fembly,
Ihall, during his continuing a Reprefentative thereof, be commiftioned to
act as Sheriff in or for any County within the fame.
XXXVI. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That all and RepeaiingChufe.
every Act and Acts of AfPembly relating to, or concerning Sheriffs, are hereby re-pealed
and made void.
C H A F. VII.
An Aol to appoint a Public Treafurer of the Northern Dijlri5f, and other Purpofes.
\. W7HERE AS by an Act of General Affembly, paffed at Wilmington, in the Preamble.-
yY Fifth Year of his prcfent Majefty's Reigh, intituled. An Act Jor appointing
Public "freafurers, JofeuhMontfort, Efq-, was appointed PublicTreafurer for the North-ern
Diftnct, which faid Act is now near expiring : And vs^hereas by another Act of
Affembly, paff:^d at Newbern, in the Seventh Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled.
An Ail for appointing a Public Treafurer, in the Room of ]o\\n Starkey, Efq^; deceafed,
John Afhe, Efq-, was thereby appointed public Treafurer for the Southern Dift-rict,
in the Room of the faid John Starkey, Efq-, deceafed; which faid Act was to be and
continue in Force, for and during the Term of Three Years, and from thence to
tiie End of the next Seffion of Affembly ; and it being thought convenie-nt, that all
Acts heretofore made in Relation to the Appointment of public Treafurers, and di-recting
their Duty in Office, Hiould be reduced to, and comprized in one diftinct
Act:
II. B E it therefore Enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Affembly, and by the RepeaiinECUufe.
Authority of the fame. That the faid Acts, and all and every other Act and Acts of
Affembly, and every Claufe of any Act or Acts of Affembly, heretofore made with-in
the Purview and Meaning of this Act, Ihall be, and are hereby repealed.
III. AND be it further EnaEied, by the Authority aforefaid, ThzX. Jofeph Mont-fort,
Efq-, be, and is hereby appointed public Treafurer for the Counties of Curri-tuck,
Paftiuctank, Perquimans, Chowan, Bertie, Tyrrel, Northampton, Edgcomb, Gran-ville,
Orange, Hertford, Bute, and Halifax; and that John Afhe, Efq; be, and is
hereby appointed public Treafurer for the Counties of Anfon, Beaufort, Bladen,
Lrunfwick, Cumberland, Craven, Carteret, Duplin, Dobbs, Hyde, Johnflon, Mecklen-burg,
T'eafureis
pointed.

LAWS of North-Carolina. 405
who {hail fail or negleft to obtain, exhibit, and deliver fuch ftated and figned Ac- '^- ^- »768.
count, or to have the fanae put upon the Records or Minutes of the Court, at the
*—"V*—
^
refpeitive Times, and according to the Diredion by this A61 prefcribed, fliall for-feit
all fuch Commiffions as he or they fhould by the Laws of this Province be in-tided
to, as Collector of Public Taxes, from the laft Settlement of Account between
the Public Treafurers and them refpeCtively, and after fuch Failure or Negleft, ic
IhiU not be lawful for the Public Trealurers to allow of fuch Commiffions.
XXXIV. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That from ^'"'',',
'"J,^^""!"*
and after the pafling of this Aft, the Ckrk of each and every Inferior Court of this vemor futh ac
Province (hall, within Forty Days next after recording the feveral ftated Accounts '°"""'
between the Treafurers and the SherilFs, and other Colledors of tlie Public Taxes
by this Ad direded, tranfmit to the Governor, or Comm.,nder in Chief lor the
Time being, an atcefted Copy of all fuch ftated and figned Accounts, under the
Penalty of Five Pounds, Proclamation Money, to be applied for the Purpofes by
this Ad direded, and recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information,
in any Court of Record, brought in the Name of the Governor for the Time being-,
wherein no Elfoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, fliall be allowed or admitted.
Ni') Member of
AfT^mb'y to att
as Sher iff.
XXXV. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid^ That from
and after the paffing of this Act, no Perfon duly elected and chofen a Reprelentative
for any Counry or Town within this Province, to fit and vote in the General Af-fembly,
Ihall, during his continuing a Reprefentative thereof, be commiftioned to
act as Sheriff in or for any County within the fame.
XXXVI. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That all and RepeaiingChufe.
every Act and Acts of AfPembly relating to, or concerning Sheriffs, are hereby re-pealed
and made void.
C H A F. VII.
An Aol to appoint a Public Treafurer of the Northern Dijlri5f, and other Purpofes.
\. W7HERE AS by an Act of General Affembly, paffed at Wilmington, in the Preamble.-
yY Fifth Year of his prcfent Majefty's Reigh, intituled. An Act Jor appointing
Public "freafurers, JofeuhMontfort, Efq-, was appointed PublicTreafurer for the North-ern
Diftnct, which faid Act is now near expiring : And vs^hereas by another Act of
Affembly, paff:^d at Newbern, in the Seventh Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled.
An Ail for appointing a Public Treafurer, in the Room of ]o\\n Starkey, Efq^; deceafed,
John Afhe, Efq-, was thereby appointed public Treafurer for the Southern Dift-rict,
in the Room of the faid John Starkey, Efq-, deceafed; which faid Act was to be and
continue in Force, for and during the Term of Three Years, and from thence to
tiie End of the next Seffion of Affembly ; and it being thought convenie-nt, that all
Acts heretofore made in Relation to the Appointment of public Treafurers, and di-recting
their Duty in Office, Hiould be reduced to, and comprized in one diftinct
Act:
II. B E it therefore Enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Affembly, and by the RepeaiinECUufe.
Authority of the fame. That the faid Acts, and all and every other Act and Acts of
Affembly, and every Claufe of any Act or Acts of Affembly, heretofore made with-in
the Purview and Meaning of this Act, Ihall be, and are hereby repealed.
III. AND be it further EnaEied, by the Authority aforefaid, ThzX. Jofeph Mont-fort,
Efq-, be, and is hereby appointed public Treafurer for the Counties of Curri-tuck,
Paftiuctank, Perquimans, Chowan, Bertie, Tyrrel, Northampton, Edgcomb, Gran-ville,
Orange, Hertford, Bute, and Halifax; and that John Afhe, Efq; be, and is
hereby appointed public Treafurer for the Counties of Anfon, Beaufort, Bladen,
Lrunfwick, Cumberland, Craven, Carteret, Duplin, Dobbs, Hyde, Johnflon, Mecklen-burg,
T'eafureis
pointed.